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HelpOthers No form is needed for family members, just a note from medical. I took my kids for sports/school physicals at a CVS or Walgreens. My husband had a general physical completed. With their physicals, on letter-head, the doctors/nurse practitioners wrote a statement indicating that they were healthy enough to move overseas. They also had whatever shots...See More

Jul 16, 2018

Leo ^ What Mary said.. Getting the signed letters for dependents was very simple. The physical itself (for me) was also pretty straight forward.

Jul 16, 2018

Math courses

by Sara

Jul 14, 2018

Does anyone know a good online school.to take additional math courses to get math qualifications?

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Scholar National university has online classes and they are condensed to a month long. I wouldn't say they were "good" as I could get all the work done and didn't learn much but it got me the credits and revised my math knowledge

Jul 15, 2018

haha Yes, good is a relative term. At this point in my life, unless I am fascinated by the subject and really want/need to learn more about it, good equals fast, easy and relatively cheap. Speaking of which, I just finished up a class with PDI. They offer very "good" classes, although I don't know if they have math classes that DoDEA would count.

Jul 15, 2018

Availability date

by Sara

Jul 15, 2018

On my application I put my availability date as today, July 15th. I'm now wondering if this might be why I haven't been placed on any referral lists. Do they not look at you til your availability date?

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Just Me Do you know if they are still hiring?

Jul 15, 2018

STRESSED They probably are! Good luck!

Jul 15, 2018

Professional Goods shipment?

by Happy Teacher

Jul 15, 2018

Do new CONUS hires going to OCONUS locations generally get a "pro gear" shipment aside from Unaccompanied Baggage ("Express Shipment"), particularly that can be delivered to the school?

If not, I'll simply overtake my UB with PG and that will be that.

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haha My knowledge/experience is that the pro gear option only applies to active duty personnel.

Jul 15, 2018

Happy Teacher Thanks. That's what I thought. :)

Jul 15, 2018

I will be interviewing for a position at this school on Friday. I've been trying to break into DODEA for 9 years! I grew up attending DODEA schools overseas as both of my parents were also Educators. I'm very excited/nervous for the interview.

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Fort Knox High School

by Limes

Jun 13, 2018

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HelpOthers There is a neighborhood directly across from the high school. Between the high school and MacDonald ES (which may not be used anymore- it was in the process of being closed). That neighborhood recently had new siding and windows installed. This was very convenient, because I could walk to work and it was close to the gate that is closest to Walmart...See More

Jul 14, 2018

HelpOthers I will say that the floor plan was only three bedrooms and was actually smaller than our current (4 bedroom) home in Japan (except the kitchen was bigger). If you need a larger home, you may want to post your questions on the Fort Knox Facebook pages.

Jul 15, 2018

Passports

by Sara

Jul 11, 2018

My family and I do not have any passports, not even travel ones. Should I apply for passports even before I get an interview or job offer? I am HOPING with everything I have that I will make a referral list and get an interview and I just want to be prepared.

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HelpOthers And if your child(ren) are under 16, both parents need to be there in person, or the one present needs a notarized form (see earlier post) signed by the other parent giving permission. If there is only one legal parent, you need documentation to prove this.

Jul 13, 2018

Just Me Thank you!

Jul 14, 2018

Time line- from last year

by Mary

Jul 13, 2018

So, I was offered my current position exactly one year ago (April 12, 2017- EST). I was in DoDEA Americas at the time and my background check was on file, so I was not required to do EQIP again. My offer came with a report date of August 1 and I actually made it to my duty station by July 31st.

I was at a conference when the offer arrived,...See MoreSo, I was offered my current position exactly one year ago (April 12, 2017- EST). I was in DoDEA Americas at the time and my background check was on file, so I was not required to do EQIP again. My offer came with a report date of August 1 and I actually made it to my duty station by July 31st.

I was at a conference when the offer arrived, so I had to use the hotel e-mail/fax to send back my acceptance. When I returned home, my husband was out of town.

So I started my physical at the clinic on post, but this actually took an entire week to schedule, arrange, complete, and receive the final documentation. I also scheduled appointments at Walgreens or CVS for my husband and kids. One of them indicated they had the Japanese encephalitis vaccine, but then didn't so we found a place that did and had my daughter vaccinated there. My son and husband never were able to get theirs until after they arrived in Japan. I was able to get mine at the clinic during my physical.

I also met with the person in the passport office to find out what would be needed after my husband returned. I had everything I needed when we all went in together (daughter was not yet 16). He kept saying we could travel on our tourist passports, which we did have, so he told us to keep them and applied for the official ones without turning in the tourist ones. He showed us a document that says if your report date is sooner than you can receive a passport, you can travel on the tourist one. So, he planned to have the official ones sent to our new location. However, Eugenia said DoDEA did not want me to do this and she managed to expedite our passports. We received them at 1 PM on Saturday and left flew out on Sunday.

Because I was working at an Army post, I was able to do everything I needed right there. After I received orders, my husband and I attended the meeting where we went over the packing out information and scheduled our move to occur a little more than a week before my son and husband flew out. They stayed behind long enough for the dogs to have room on the rotator and for my son to finish his quarter of college. Our lease was almost up, so we were not penalized for leaving.

I sold my car with the understanding that we would not hand it over until the week of the move and this was great, because my husband sold his car the day Eugenia called to say the official passports were being delivered the next day at 1:00 PM. (so Friday before I left the country- but 6 weeks before the move).

Yes, it was a crazy two and a half weeks, but we did it. Later, my husband handled the move well, although he said he never wants to do it that way again. :) Having my son with him to move both dogs and their crates through the airports was a blessing.

Congratulations to all the new hires and to those still hopeful, don't give up. It took me several years to get into DoDEA Americas and another three to get into DoDEA Pacific. Good luck to you and I hope you are enjoying where you are now too. :)

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HelpOthers As a stateside hire, I did not need a physical. The physical is only required when moving overseas.

Jul 13, 2018

STRESSED Thank you for the information!

Jul 14, 2018

Loaner Furniture

by WA_Counselor

Jul 8, 2018

If we don't have enough furniture of our own to furnish our living quarters, can we keep the loaner furniture for the duration of our tour, or is it a time-limited loan? I'm headed to Camp Humphries. TIA!

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WA_Counselor My mom is actually a tax accountant for H&R Block, so I'll ask her. Although all she's been doing since the new tax plan went into effect is to walk around sighing and shaking her head! :-(

Jul 14, 2018

WA_Counselor I will probably just take the furniture I have with me in FL, and get additional furniture as needed when I get into my new place. I see there's an IKEA in S. Korea!

Jul 14, 2018

My application on EAS changed from "internal permanent dodds applicant" to now saying "external applicant." Anyone have any foreknowledge on this? I am a current DODEA employee but trying to go overseas as have recently interviewed. I have not received any emails with tentative offers or emails from EAS saying my account in inactive. Just strange t...See More

EAS

by Bt

Jul 13, 2018

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STRESSED How is being an internal DoDEA applicant helpful?

Jul 13, 2018

HelpOthers You know the system (jargon, training, standards), work with similar populations, and the hiring individuals can easily contact your current supervisors. However, some principals prefer to hire from outside DoDEA, so it is not guaranteed to be helpful. If you are using Vet preference, you can only use it once to get into DoDEA, so if you want to go...See More

Jul 13, 2018

It is all starting to get real. I completed all necessary steps for official passports yesterday. I got the email about EQIP and with the travel order packet this morning. I've finished the EQIP. I'm picking my children's medical releases up this afternoon, and my husband and my appts are scheduled for next week. I've sent in official transcripts. ...See More

Getting real!!!

by Haleigh

Jul 13, 2018

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HelpOthers Once you have orders, you are official. You may not get an "official" job offer, as the one you recieved became official once you met all the requirements.

Jul 13, 2018

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HelpOthers Once you have your travel orders, you are official and know you report date, so this is the time to give notice to your current employer. You can provide a copy of the orders, which may also help you out of your contract if your employer is being difficult. Usually they won't argue with orders.

Jul 13, 2018